Orwell vs Rock Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Orwell and Rock Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

Orwell and Rock Creek are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Orwell has the higher population (1,854 vs 830 in Rock Creek). Rock Creek has the higher median household income ($50,417 vs $43,670 in Orwell). Orwell has the higher median home value ($127,000 vs $123,900 in Rock Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Orwell	Rock Creek
Population	1,854	830
Median age	34.9 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$43,670	$50,417
Median home value	$127,000	$123,900
Median gross rent	$750	$931
Housing units	879	345
Homeownership rate	42.1%	48.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orwell	Rock Creek
Population	1,563 → 1,854 (+18.6%)	474 → 830 (+75.1%)
Median household income	$42,667 → $43,670 (+2.4%)	$47,188 → $50,417 (+6.8%)
Median home value	$106,900 → $127,000 (+18.8%)	$89,500 → $123,900 (+38.4%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $750 (+17.4%)	$720 → $931 (+29.3%)

Orwell

Population

1,5631,854

Median household income

$42,667$43,670

Median home value

$106,900$127,000

Median gross rent

$639$750

Rock Creek

Population

474830

Median household income

$47,188$50,417

Median home value

$89,500$123,900

Median gross rent

$720$931

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Orwell	Rock Creek
Under 5	6.7%	8.1%
5 to 17	15.7%	15.8%
18 to 24	12.6%	12.0%
25 to 34	15.3%	18.9%
35 to 44	15.0%	11.6%
45 to 54	13.1%	13.3%
55 to 64	9.4%	8.7%
65 to 74	6.3%	9.0%
75 and over	5.9%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orwell	Rock Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	80.5%
Black or African American	1.6%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	13.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orwell	Rock Creek
No high school diploma	12.9%	14.5%
High school graduate	48.3%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orwell	Rock Creek
Drove alone	80.7%	69.5%
Carpooled	10.3%	20.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.9%
Worked from home	4.9%	1.8%
Other means	1.7%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orwell	Rock Creek
1-unit, detached	38.7%	58.6%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	11.3%
2 to 4 units	19.7%	22.9%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	4.6%
20 or more units	9.9%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	20.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Orwell	Rock Creek
Poverty rate	27.2%	21.1%
Average household size	2.35	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1974	1970